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Caroline came into Coral class to show us how we could make Christmas decorations using plants from our garden.
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We learnt that Ivy grows near our football pitch and that young Ivy has yellow flowers, which attract the bees. We also learnt that wood pigeons like to eat the berries.
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We don’t have Holly growing in our garden but Caroline managed to find some for our decorations.
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She showed us how we could use wire to thread cranberries.
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Great for our ‘hand-eye’ coordination (well, every opportunity to improve handwriting has got to be good!)